Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking to put a barrier on science and research for the paltry sum of $39,113 out of an appropriation of $100,000,000?

Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.

I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany and publicly admits that he does not know anything of these terms or what it is all about; but, Mr. Chairman, it is indeed a sad day for the people of this country when we must close the doors of the laboratories doing research work for the people of the United States.

It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country.